Coronary Heart Disease in Women

Prevention - Diagnosis - Therapy
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-540-00128-7
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 234 g

Take advantage of new insights into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease in women - to the benefit of your patients. Designed to optimize your daily practice, this book gives lucid, up-to-date answers to numerous questions:

- What are the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy?

- What are the major risk factors for coronary heart disease in women?

- What are the most appropriate diagnostic tests in women?

- Which is the better treatment option for the woman with myocardial infarction - lysis or primary angioplasty?

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lohe, Elisabeth Von Der

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Epidemiology.- Definition.- The “MONItoring Cardiovascular Disease” Project of the WHO (WHO MONICA Project).- 2 Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Development of Coronary Heart Disease in Women Smoking.- Smoking.- Dyslipidemia.- Lipoprotein (a).- Diabetes Mellitus.- Insulin Resistance and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.- Family History of Coronary Heart Disease or Genetic Disposition.- Hypertension.- Sedentary Lifestyle.- Obesity.- Homocysteine.- High sensitivity C-reactive Protein.- Risk Factors Unique to Women.- 3 Pathophysiology of Coronary Heart Disease and the Effects of Estrogen.- Basics.- Effects of Estrogen.- 4 Stable Angina.- Definition and Pathophysiology of Angina Pectoris.- Diagnosis Based on Symptoms.- Diagnostic Evaluation.- Medical Management.- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina.- 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Progression from Stable Coronary Heart Disease to Myocardial Infarction.- Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Pathophysiology.- Clinical Presentation of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Criteria for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Therapy.- Complications.- Prognosis.- Influence of Gender on the Referral for Coronary Angiography in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 6 Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction/Unstable Angina.- Definition.- Presentation.- Diagnosis.- Therapy.- 7 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- Operative Mortality.- Complications Associated with CABG.- Long-Term Outcomes.- Indication for CABG Surgery.- Comparison of CABG with Multivessel Angioplasty.- 8 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease.- Class I Interventions.- Class II Interventions.- Class III Interventions.- 9 Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Hormone Replacement Therapy andPrevention of Coronary Heart Disease.- Observational Studies for Primary and Secondary Prevention.- Randomized Primary Prevention Trials.- Randomized Secondary Prevention Trials.- Clinical Implications of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Biological Mechanisms of Hormone Replacement Therapy.- 10 Future Directions.